Vehicle-gear



(No'ModeL) r O. M. BLYDENBURGH.

, VEHIGLE GEAR.

No. 396,978. Patented Jan. 29, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES M. BLYDENBURGH, OF RIVERHEAD, NEW YORK.

VEHICLE-GEAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 'No. 396,978, dated January29, 1889.

Application filed April 9, 1888. Serial No. 270.101. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES M. BLYDEN- BURGH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Riverhead, in the county of Suffolk and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVehicle- Gearing; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand-use the-same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters orfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of this invention and showsa back view of a carriage with the invention applied. Fig. 2 is a topView. Fig. 3 is a vertical section.

The invention relates to improvements in vehicle-gearing; and itconsists in the construction and novel combination of parts, ashereinafter set forth.

The object of my invention is to remedy the defects that experience andpractical tests have shown to exist in the attachment of springs tocrank-axles. In the present method the spring having connection with theshort longitudinal portions of the axle by pulling inwardly has atendency to bend the main portion of the axle downward, and to obviatethis I have provided the spring attachment which has a vertical andlongitudinal bearing upon the axle.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the main portion of the axle, Bthe upwardlybcnt portion, and O the outer ends parallel to the middlepart, A.

D indicates the raised spring-bearing or attachment, having theoutwardly-extending arm E and the downwardly-extending arm E. The outerpart of the arm E has a bearing 011 the portion 0 of the axle, and issecured thereto by the thill-coupling clip F and the arm E. Its lowerportion bears upon the bend B, where it is secured by the clip F. Itwill be observed that the arms E and E diverge before touching the axle,so that there isan interval at a between the raised portions of the armsand the short bend of the axle, whereby it is designed to relieve theaxle from pressure at its weakest point.

G designates the spring-coupling links, pivoted to the bearing D andhanging vertically downwardtherefrom to a pivotal connection, (9, withthe eye of the spring H.

Having described my invention, what I claim is The combination, with thecranked axle, the spring, and the vertically-hanging link, of thespring-bearing having one partially'raised arm secured to the shortportion of the axle, and the partially-raised arm secured to the bentportion of the axle, the said arms diverging above the bend of the axleand forming the interval a, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES M. BLYDENBURGH.

\V itn esses:

BENJ. K. PAYNE, H. H. BENJAMIN.

